| 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1 | ||||
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| Released | February 24, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | September 3, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Downtown music Avant-garde jazz | |||
| Length | 63:03 | |||
| Label | Tzadik TZ 5001 | |||
| Producer | John Zorn | |||
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50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1 is a live album by the Masada String Trio documenting their performance at Tonic in September 2003 as part of John Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series. [1] [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "From soloing to comping, bowing to pizzicato techniques, the set is dazzling from start to finish. Only "Malkut" and "Karet" are anything but beautiful, sounding like pieces left more open to free improvisation than the others, and allowing other facets of the players' abilities to come out. The Masada songbook has elicited a rather large number of truly excellent recordings from its various ensembles. Add this one to the list. Recommended." [3]
All tracks are written by John Zorn.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tahah" | 7:53 |
| 2. | "Abidan" | 5:25 |
| 3. | "Lachish" | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Sippur" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Malkhut*" | 5:02 |
| 6. | "Meholalot" | 6:30 |
| 7. | "Kedushah" | 8:31 |
| 8. | "Ner Tamid" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Karet" | 4:12 |
| 10. | "Moshav" | 8:07 |
| 11. | "Khebar" | 6:50 |
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